End-gate fastener



I Patented July 5, 1887.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. HANMER, OF BURLINGAME, KANSAS.

EN D GATE FASTENER.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,992, dated July 5, 1887.

1 Application filed October 20, 1886. Serial No. 216,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. HANMER, of Burlingalne, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved End-Gate Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved end gate fastener which is simple and durable in construction and permits of removing the end-gate quickly.

The invention consists of a spring attached across the end-gate near its top and of a device for holding and locking the gate in place.

The invention also consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an end view of a wagon-bed pro vided with my improvement, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of'the same on the line 90 x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a plan view of a modification, and Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

The wagonbed A, of any approved construction, is provided with the sides B and bottomC, each of the sides B being provided near its rear end with an upright L-shaped cleat, D, and a square cleat, E, both forming a pocket or recess, F. The end-gate G is provlded on its outer side withvertical bars G, to which is secured, near the upper edges of V said bars, a springplate, H, carrying on each seen that the lugs I, fitting into the pockets F, hold the end-gate G on the rear of the wagonbed A, and the hooks J lock the end-gate in gaged from the spring-plate H and the gate is lifted upward until the lugs I are out of the pockets F, whereby the gate G is'set free.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 4 and 5,

I attach to the square cleat K, which takes the place of the L-shaped cleat D, a block, L,

having anotc'h, L, into which fits the spring M, secured to the spring-plate H, thus preventing the gate from sliding upward.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a wagon-bed provided with two upright cleats on the inner surface of its rear end, one of the .said uprights being provided with a recess, of an end-gate resting against the inner surface of the inner cleat and provided with a horizontal plate having lugs on its end projecting into the pocket formed by the said cleats, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a wagoubed provided with the L-shaped cleat D and the cleat E, forming a pocket, F, of the end-gate G, the horizontal bar H, secured to the gate and provided with the lugs I at its end, and means for preventing vertical movement of the endgate, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a wagon-bed provided with the cleats D E, the cleat D being L-shaped, and forming with the cleat E the pocket F, of the end-gate G, the horizontal bar H, having lugs I on its ends, and the books J, pivoted to the cleats D and engaging the edge of the bar H, substantially as herein shown and described. r

J. D. HALL, J. M. CHAMBERS. 

